Vertica was acquired for approximately $400 million
Chris Lynch · Chris Lynch, Atlas Venture // Data Driven #28 // June 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital) · Jun 26, 2014 · at 4:18
Chris Lynch, former CEO of Vertica and partner at Atlas Venture, discusses Vertica's sale to Hewlett-Packard.
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“We sold the company for about four hundred million dollars.”
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